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April 15, 2019

South Korea’s Abortion Reform A Model for Others

When a court in South Korea overturned the country’s restrictive abortion laws recently, it joined a global trend toward easing abortion laws. Other countries that are stubbornly clinging to the criminalization of abortion should follow suit.

Women's Rights

April 15, 2019 Dispatches

South Korea’s Abortion Reform A Model for Others

Janet Walsh
Deputy Director, Women’s Rights Division
LGBT Rights

March 7, 2019 News Release

South Korea: Military ‘Sodomy’ Law Violates Rights
Asia

January 17, 2019 News Release

South Korea: Little Progress on Rights

Reports More Reports

September 23, 2009

Returned to Risk

Deportation of HIV-Positive Migrants
August 2, 2007

The US-Korea Free Trade Agreement

Annex 22-B: A Missed Opportunity on Workers’ Rights in North Korea
March 5, 2007

North Korea: Harsher Policies against Border-Crossers

News

December 18, 2018 Letter

Submission by Human Rights Watch to the Committee on the Rights of the Child on South Korea
June 14, 2018 Dispatches

South Korean Women are Fed Up with Inequality

Heather Barr
Acting Co-Director, Women's Rights Division
May 31, 2018 Dispatches

South Korea’s Blind Eye to Philippine ‘Drug War’ Abuses

Phelim Kine
Deputy Director, Asia Division
May 23, 2018 News Release

South Korea: Decriminalize Abortion
May 22, 2018 Letter

Letter from Human Rights Watch to the Constitutional Court of Korea
May 22, 2018 Letter

Amicus Brief: Decriminalization on Abortion in South Korea
May 21, 2018 News Release

North Korea: Meeting Should Take Up Abysmal Rights Climate
April 24, 2018 News Release

South Korea: Don’t Sideline Rights During Inter-Korean Summit
April 23, 2018 Commentary

Why Would Colombia’s Top Commander Try to Intercept my Communications?

José Miguel Vivanco
Executive Director, Americas Division

Published In: Semana
April 10, 2018 News Release

South Korea: Press Human Rights in Discussions with North Korea
April 9, 2018 Letter

Joint Letter to President Moon
April 4, 2018 Dispatches

China Detains 7 More North Korean Refugees

Sophie Richardson
China Director

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South Korea

World Report 2019

South Korea

Our People

Phil Robertson

Deputy Director, Asia Division Reaproy

Heather Barr

Acting Co-Director, Women's Rights Division heatherbarr1

Kyle Knight

Researcher, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Rights Program knightktm

Cyclone Survivors Forced To Trade Sex For Food: Daily Brief

Daily Brief

Survivors of Mozambique's devastating cyclone are being sexually exploited in return for aid; fears that religious hatred will be stirred again after Sri Lanka bombings; UN chief's disappointing silence on human rights; "grave injustice" against jailed Myanmar journalists; Central African Republic warlords rewarded with government posts; food poverty in the UK; mass executions in Saudi Arabia; and Syrian refugee Nujeen Mustafa makes UN history...